Media Releases

FRIENDSHIP ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY FOR SOCIALLY ISOLATED INDIAN PEOPLE

BEVERLEY TSE | October 26, 2019

From today, Hindi speakers in Auckland with limited or no English, will have access to a friendship-based telephone service in their own language....

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO RESTART A HEART?

NGAIRE JONES | October 16, 2019

Every year, cardiac arrest kills more New Zealanders than road accidents, a statistic everyone can change....

LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT ROLLED OUT IN THE SOUTH

NGAIRE JONES | September 4, 2019

Every day in New Zealand five people will suffer the most life-threatening form of heart attack and the time to treatment is crucial to survival....

SERIOUS BUS CRASH, SH 5, NGATIRA, ROTORUA AREA

NGAIRE JONES | September 4, 2019

St John was notified of a serious crash involving a bus on SH 5, Ngatira at 11:19 am. ...

HOUSE EXPLOSION

Gerard Campbell | July 19, 2019

St John can confirm it has responded to a house explosion in the suburb of Northwood in Christchurch this morning, sending six ambulances and two managers to the scene....

NEW AMBULANCES TO SUPPORT RURAL COMMUNITIES

NGAIRE JONES | July 11, 2019

A new ambulance model designed specifically to support New Zealand’s rural and remote communities has arrived on our shores....

ST JOHN REACHES CONSOLIDATED SETTLEMENT WITH ITS UNIONS

VICTORIA HAWKINS | July 3, 2019

St John is pleased to announce it has reached a collective agreement with all its unions - Amalgamated Workers Unions of New Zealand, New Zealand Ambulance Association and First Union....

A ST JOHN COMMUNITY HUB

NGAIRE JONES | June 24, 2019

Plans are underway for a new St John facility in New Plymouth to be a hub for both ambulances and the community....

VOLUNTEERS HONOURED WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH VOLUNTEER AWARDS

BEVERLEY TSE | June 19, 2019

St John is proud that its veteran archivist and Order Member, George Wright has jointly won the long service category of the 2019 Minister of Health Volunteer Awards, while its Invercargill Health Shuttle team has been named runners up for the community or NGO health service team category....